OT: South Carolina History

[Quadcock]

My name is Joshua Steadings, and this year marks my 22nd year teaching 8th-grade South Carolina History. I truly believe history should be experienced—not just read from a textbook or viewed on a Chromebook.


Over the past few years I’ve attempted to build a museum-quality South Carolina History classroom where students are completely immersed in the stories of our state’s past. I want them to walk into my classroom and feel as though they’ve stepped back in time. Whether we’re studying Native American cultures, colonial Charleston, the American Revolution, the Civil War, or the Civil Rights Movement, I want history to surround them through artifacts, historical replicas, maps, displays, books, and hands-on learning experiences.


Technology certainly has its place in education, but I also believe today’s students spend far too much of their school day looking at screens. Some of the most meaningful learning happens when students put away their Chromebooks, engage in discussion, examine physical objects, ask questions, and experience history with their own eyes and hands. My goal is to create a classroom that inspires curiosity, imagination, and a lifelong appreciation for the incredible history of South Carolina.


To help make that vision a reality, I’ve created an Amazon Teacher Wish List with items that will directly benefit my students and continue transforming my classroom into an unforgettable learning environment. Every contribution—whether it’s a small classroom resource or a larger display piece—brings us one step closer to creating something truly special for the students who enter my classroom each year.


If you’d like to invest in the education of the next generation, I would be incredibly grateful for your support. And if you’re not able to give, sharing this post with others would mean just as much.


Thank you for believing in public education, supporting teachers, and helping me create a classroom where South Carolina’s history comes alive.


Amazon Teacher Wish List: South Carolina History

 

[Go Gamecocks]

Awesome!
With that flux capacitor, all you need is a DeLorean & some Pu-239 and they can experience SC history in real time. Make sure to bring extra Pu-239!

 

[redfromsc]

Thank you for what you are doing, its a shame that our teachers have to do this and or spend their own money to get the resources they need.

 

[Quadcock]

Awesome!
With that flux capacitor, all you need is a DeLorean & some Pu-239 and they can experience SC history in real time. Make sure to bring extra Pu-239!

I actually start each semester showing that movie to help them understand “cause and effect”.

 

[JohnnySolo]

Awesome!
With that flux capacitor, all you need is a DeLorean & some Pu-239 and they can experience SC history in real time. Make sure to bring extra Pu-239!

Apparently banana peels and beer work

 

[JohnnySolo]

My kids are in public schools and I have lost almost all respect for it. There is no accountability for kids regarding the school work and grades. Online learning and test retakes are setting these kids up for failure. Every kid can retake a test if they get an unsatisfactory grade and have days to complete assignments past the due date. That isn't preparing kids properly. Does anyone get to turn in their career work well past its deadline? Do you get a re-do if your work is unsatisfactory? I think not. I've told many of friends to prepare to either home school or save for private school. I don't care what you are learning but a due date is a due date and you get what you get.

 

[rgamecock1]

So many parents are homeschooling their children because of the political landscape that our state is forcing on the teachers. So many teachers have left to profession and have gone on to jobs in the public sector. The state is trying to force DEI, and other political issues on our children. Thank goodness for private schools is all I can say and thank goodness for home school as well. Like NIL and revenue share these political issues are not sustainable. Go to a Walmart and talk to an individual who works there and most of them cannot do a simple math problem. This is what the public schools are pushing out. Noone fails their grade anymore and they just push them through the system and if they had to take the original SAT test none of them could make the minimum score of 800. No wonder the people who come from China are so much more educated than our kids which truly is sad especially with all the resources we have and people are forced to pay taxes every year on their tax bill and the majority of the tax bill is supposed to be for education.

 

[JohnnySolo]

You can control a dumb population. The fact that public schools have to share state money with academies and charter schools is further evidence that resources are not being allocated to a successful public school system. Additionally school admin is so afraid of being fired they will not advocate for the student in some situations and resort to CYA. I experienced this first hand and questioned the principal if they are doing all they can to protect the kids while they are responsible for them between the hours of 8-3. She didn't like it. Off the record the resource officers in attendance agreed with my statements. I'll be glad when my kids are done in 2 years.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

I actually start each semester showing that movie to help them understand “cause and effect”.

A class trip to the state museum is also a consideration. Thanks and appreciation for what you are doing!

 

[Quadcock]

My kids are in public schools and I have lost almost all respect for it. There is no accountability for kids regarding the school work and grades. Online learning and test retakes are setting these kids up for failure. Every kid can retake a test if they get an unsatisfactory grade and have days to complete assignments past the due date. That isn't preparing kids properly. Does anyone get to turn in their career work well past its deadline? Do you get a re-do if your work is unsatisfactory? I think not. I've told many of friends to prepare to either home school or save for private school. I don't care what you are learning but a due date is a due date and you get what you get.

I’m sorry that you’ve had such a poor experience with public education. I will tell you that starting this year it’s a state law that what a student makes is what we take. Meaning if you don’t do the work and your average is a 15, that’s what’s going on the report card.
My personal philosophy is by 13 there are no excuses. You should know how to be on time for class and responsible enough to keep up with when an assignment is due. I do not accept anything past the due date unless there’s extenuating circumstances like a death in the family or an illness.

 

[Quadcock]

A class trip to the state museum is also a consideration. Thanks and appreciation for what you are doing!

I would love to do that, but unfortunately, I have a block schedule and change classes each semester. It’s just not anything that’s feasible right now. That’s the whole point of what I’m trying to do with my classroom. Bring the museum to the student.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

I would love to do that, but unfortunately, I have a block schedule and change classes each semester. It’s just not anything that’s feasible right now. That’s the whole point of what I’m trying to do with my classroom. Bring the museum to the student.

Not sure how you can display this, but the textile industry used to be one of the dominate industries in SC. There are multiple old SC towns that used to have mill villages.

 

[JohnnySolo]

Springs industries. Ruined by capitalism and globalism.

 

[Quadcock]

Not sure how you can display this, but the textile industry used to be one of the dominate industries in SC. There are multiple old SC towns that used to have mill villages.

Ironically, that’s exactly what I’m working to get my hands on right now. My grandfather died on the mill floor. These kids have no idea how it directly affects their life even today.

 

[Uscg1984]

Springs industries. Ruined by capitalism and globalism.

I'm not specifically familiar with Springs Industries or how capitalism and globalism ruined it, but I grew up in Anderson and remember old timers who worked in the mills there and in towns like Belton and Piedmont. The way they described it, I always figured the textile mills were the closest thing SC had to coal mines. They would say things like "I don't want my kids and grandkids to have to work in the mill. Well, they got their wish because their kids and grandkids work at BMW, Michelin, Bosch, and dozens of other modern manufacturing plants making more money than their grandparents would have dreamed of.

 

[Uscg1984]

I would love to do that, but unfortunately, I have a block schedule and change classes each semester. It’s just not anything that’s feasible right now. That’s the whole point of what I’m trying to do with my classroom. Bring the museum to the student.

I'm sure you've thought of this, but I'm curious if the museum has anything like a "road show" that can visit schools around the state, bringing some of that history to the students. If not, maybe a rich donor to the museum would be interested in funding something like that - if they haven't already obligated a gigantic sum to fund NIL payments to college athletes. lol

 

[JohnnySolo]

Not sure how you have 22 years teaching and don’t know about Springs Industries. The money those folks made back then was greater than zero, which is more than they could dream of. Walmart=Capitalism. China = globalism. All why springs cease to exist.

 

[vacock]

Not sure how you have 22 years teaching and don’t know about Springs Industries. The money those folks made back then was greater than zero, which is more than they could dream of. Walmart=Capitalism. China = globalism. All why springs cease to exist.

Got a link?

 

[JohnnySolo]

To what? History, knowledge.

 

[KingWard]

Springs industries. Ruined by capitalism and globalism.

NAFTA: the catastrophic seed of the bipartisan, academian economic engineering.

 

[bayrooster]

NAFTA: the catastrophic seed of the bipartisan, academian economic engineering.

That's another, but most of textile manufacturing was outsourced to Asian countries.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Not sure how you have 22 years teaching and don’t know about Springs Industries. The money those folks made back then was greater than zero, which is more than they could dream of. Walmart=Capitalism. China = globalism. All why springs cease to exist.

The textile industry left for the same reason it came here in the first place. Cheaper labor.

 

[KingWard]

That's another, but most of textile manufacturing was outsourced to Asian countries.

Not in the case of Springs Industries, which was mammoth in the upper tier of SC and parts of a couple of other Southern states.

Springs Industries moved most of its manufacturing to South America. This move happened after 2006. The company merged with a Brazilian textile manufacturer named Coteminas to form Springs Global. Most of the production and headquarters were moved to Montes Claros, Brazil. This shift led to the closure of their historic plants in South Carolina.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

The textile industry left for the same reason it came here in the first place. Cheaper labor.

And lots of cotton plantations. Some of those old cotton mills were Civil war era relics.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

And lots of cotton plantations. Some of those old cotton mills were Civil war era relics.

After the Civil War the textile industry was concentrated in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Shortly after the railroads were rebuilt the industry came south for the cheap labor.

 

[bayrooster]

Not in the case of Springs Industries, which was mammoth in the upper tier of SC and parts of a couple of other Southern states.

NAFTA was limited to North America: Canada, USA, Mexico.

 

[JohnnySolo]

NAFTA: the catastrophic seed of the bipartisan, academian economic engineering.

That’s right. I forgot about that.

 

[Jhstans86]

Don’t lie. You just need more money for a nicer wheelchair

 

[KingWard]

NAFTA was limited to North America: Canada, USA, Mexico.

And it so profoundly impacted the automotive job picture in the U.S. and Canada that it was scrapped for a revised arrangement in 2020 to tamp the bleeding. But make no mistake, Springs lost jobs to Mexico also. It was all globalistic.

 

[atl-cock]

So many parents are homeschooling their children because of the political landscape that our state is forcing on the teachers. So many teachers have left to profession and have gone on to jobs in the public sector. The state is trying to force DEI, and other political issues on our children. Thank goodness for private schools is all I can say and thank goodness for home school as well. Like NIL and revenue share these political issues are not sustainable. Go to a Walmart and talk to an individual who works there and most of them cannot do a simple math problem. This is what the public schools are pushing out. Noone fails their grade anymore and they just push them through the system and if they had to take the original SAT test none of them could make the minimum score of 800. No wonder the people who come from China are so much more educated than our kids which truly is sad especially with all the resources we have and people are forced to pay taxes every year on their tax bill and the majority of the tax bill is supposed to be for education.

People confuse DEI with affirmative action. They are not the same.

 

[KingWard]

People confuse DEI with affirmative action. They are not the same.

They are first cousins in terms of intent.

 

[atl-cock]

They are first cousins in terms of intent.

I think that's a pretty good analogy.

Unlike affirmative action, in which unqualified individuals land positions, DEI is used to identify qualified individuals for positions.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

DEI is used to identify qualified individuals for positions.

It's also used by various media entrepreneurs to create lucrative revenue streams by overstating the negative effects of DEI which attracts persons vulnerable to those kind of media sources.

 

[atl-cock]

It's also used by various media entrepreneurs to create lucrative revenue streams by overstating the negative effects of DEI which attracts persons vulnerable to those kind of media sources.

Most any type of initiative is subject to abuse.

I read on-line tales of people who think electronic payment services such as Zelle are scams. They are confusing the service itself with those who abuse it. And I point that out numerous times.

I've successfully used Zelle on Facebook Marketplace. My criteria are that the financial transaction is to take place at the time we meet to conduct the sale, and only for the agreed-upon amount. Any deviation, and I cancel the sale.

 

[CreekSnake]

Does not the E in DEI stand for Equity as opposed to Equality.Does Equity means Equity of Outcomes ,which does not take into account ability or motivation.Only that everybody achieves the same regardless of ability.
I might be totally wrong here,so correct me if I am misunderstanding.

 

[Cockofdawn]

Does not the E in DEI stand for Equity as opposed to Equality.Is Equity means Equity of Outcomes ,which does not take into account ability or motivation.Only that everybody achieves the same regardless of ability.
I might be totally wrong here,so correct me if I am misunderstanding.

Communism in other words!!

 

[Piscis]

Does not the E in DEI stand for Equity as opposed to Equality.Does Equity means Equity of Outcomes ,which does not take into account ability or motivation.Only that everybody achieves the same regardless of ability.
I might be totally wrong here,so correct me if I am misunderstanding.

Equality is the last thing the woke crowd wants. True equality presupposes everyone having the same opportunity and being judged by their individual ability and outcomes determined by the most qualified receiving the desired outcome. Equity assumes a balanced outcome, achieved by taking away from one and giving to another based on preferred traits that may have nothing to do with qualification.

"DEI", as a term, was created to take the place of affirmative action, which had become entirely negative in connotation. In true leftist fashion, when a term becomes problematic, a new term is created so the problem is perceived to have been solved or at least less resisted. "Global Warming" becoming "Climate Change" is the perfect example of this, "illegal immigrant" becoming "undocumented immigrant" is another example as is "homeless" becoming "unhoused".

 

[Psycock]

DEI not really different from affirmative action imo. Best meaning I`ve heard for DEI is "Didn`t Earn It," which is generally the case. We had a wonderful education on S.C. History when I was at Hand Junior High(yes) back in the 60`s. I believe the teacher was Harvey Teal. He was great. Best of luck to you. DEI is supposed to be outlawed but these woke people keep trying to get around it. Read about courses at UNC that reflect that if you don`t believe me. UCLA Medical School apparently has a mandatory course for medical students that suggests/endorses that men can give birth. Listen to the guy from a university in San Francisco that basically said men can sometimes give birth during an interview this week by Congress. Even the medical profession is becoming deranged at times. Victims should sue the hell out of any M.D./licensed health professional that prescribed puberty blockers for anyone under 18 and/or did body mutilation on them, calling it "gender affirming care," when of course it should be called what it is - "gender reversing harm." All of that is no more than medical experimention on people who couldn`t even buy a beer. Those "professionals" should all have their licenses revoked permanently. Of course they are celebrated in some blue places. If you are 18 or over, fine - do what you want to I have no problem. Of course, the people who are ok with that are certainly ok with girls and women being robbed of championships/trophies by biological males competing with biological female.

 

[DannyTree1]

Most any type of initiative is subject to abuse.

I read on-line tales of people who think electronic payment services such as Zelle are scams. They are confusing the service itself with those who abuse it. And I point that out numerous times.

I've successfully used Zelle on Facebook Marketplace. My criteria are that the financial transaction is to take place at the time we meet to conduct the sale, and only for the agreed-upon amount. Any deviation, and I cancel the sale.

I've heard numerous consumer advocates like Clark Howard talk about Zelle. Howard doesn't describe it as a scam. But he does encourage people not to use it as there zero consumer protections with it and there are too many people that have experienced having their checking accounts raided.

 

[DannyTree1]

UCLA Medical School apparently has a mandatory course for medical students that suggests/endorses that men can give birth. Listen to the guy from a university in San Francisco that basically said men can sometimes give birth during an interview this week by Congress. Even the medical profession is becoming deranged at times.

Trans men can get pregnant. These are people born biologically female but may present themselves as male and very well migtht look more male than you or I do.

They live their lives as men. In some cases, everyone knows them as a male. Some have done this for many decades.

Individual people, like the person you mentioned, answer questions the way they do because they often serve and work with trans male patients and they respect the fact that their patients live their lives as men. They live their lives that way because, in most cases (not all) they have gender dysphoria and have never felt remotely comfortable living as their biological sex. The disconnect in their biological sex and their innate sense of themselves is very different. This is virtually impossible to explain to someone who has not lived this experience. But plenty of us know a trans person or trans people and have learned, over time, to understand this reality better.

I respect that, and I respect the fact they answer questions to reflect their experiences with these people they care about.

Biological men obviously can't get pregnant. Trans people know this- these doctors know this- It's not up for any debate -

............. but they also know the person asking them these questions- the Republican Representative- was trying to make a political point so she could use it to beat up even more on trans individuals and they were not going to give her the satisfaction- and I can respect that too.